Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 The American League, at the urging of Oakland owner Charles Finley, approved the use of the Designated Hitter starting in the 1973 season.If ours were a truly civilized country flags would be flying at half-mast on this date.
Guest Mets � Willets Point Guests Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 Geesh, the same day as the last lunar landing.This nation needs to figure out a way to once again a) have a person walk on the moon and have American League pitchers bat for themselves.
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted December 11, 2012 Posted December 11, 2012 Maybe they can combine the two: Change the rule so that the DH is only used in games played on the moon.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted December 11, 2012 Posted December 11, 2012 Or absorb all the DH's into a new Apollo program.
Guest Mets � Willets Point Guests Posted December 11, 2012 Posted December 11, 2012 "That's one big step for Papi..."
MFS62 Old-Timey Member Posted December 11, 2012 Posted December 11, 2012 It should have gone the way of the orange baseballs he proposed.http://keymancollectibles.com/balls/finleybaseball.htmLater
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted December 11, 2012 Posted December 11, 2012 Four years ago the Feds slapped the cuffs on Bernie Madoff.
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